January/Hartmânôd 25, 2017 Wotanstag

(Hartmânôd = Harsh month)
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WOW!  Watching Gotham and going to bed after 2AM/02:00 made for a very late wake-up.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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​Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb, 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 158.
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
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Interpretation: Cause and effect (Jera) leads to encouragement.
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Outcome: a banana, an orange and a two-egg with sliced ham on bagel breakfast sandwich.
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Call in from M.A.E. http://www.midamericaexteriors.com/  MY PICTURE WINDOW WILL BE INSTALLED MONDAY!  WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby and I out for a well-behaved, 11:30AM, 30min walk.
*cooler, sunny, brisk north/northwest wind
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Standing, 3 sets of 8 @ 2/20lbs

• Forearm curls
• Bicep curls
• Overhead triceps extension
• Shoulder press
• Standing shoulder row

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Oven baked beer brats, mashed potatoes with chive, corn and peas mixture
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 Call into Delta Dental of Kansas.  They confirmed my dental office is charging me needlessly.  Either my dentist returns the $22 I didn’t owe, or I am going to quit them.  I think they’re trying to recover from me what they’re supposed to be writing-off.
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Troubling 8hrs shift to start, but all worked out well enough…I think.  It seems a back-log of orders may be starting on the table shaper.  I agreed to Saturday overtime.
*Jera/Laf, right here.  Yeah, I may have almost screwed up an order, but with the harvest of good work relationships on 2nd shift that DOES NOT exist on 1st (Jera), I am singing (Laf)!
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Fruit salad, PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!